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ERIC ED063430: It's Not the Distance, "It's the Niggers." Comments on the Controversy Over School Busing.

by: ERIC

Publication date: 1972-05

Topics: ERIC Archive, Bus Transportation, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Classroom Desegregation, Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Nondiscriminatory Education, Racial Discrimination, Racial Distribution, Racial Integration, Racially Balanced Schools, Racism, School Buses, School Desegregation, School Segregation, Social Integration,

Collection: ericarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

This paper focuses on the political nature of the present busing controversy. It is felt that the proposed moratorium on busing threatens gains which have been made in previous years through institutional and judicial enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in providing equal educational opportunities to all children. The advantages and disadvantages of busing are discussed, with particular attention being paid to how the busing issue is dealt with in several states across the nation. In addition, an appendix includes charts on: (1) busing costs for the years 1953-1968; (2) pupil transportation by region; and, (3) cost of student transportation in individual school districts where desegregation occurred. (Author/SB)